Winderman's view: Spurs 110, Heat 95

Observations from Thursday night's 110-95 NBA Finals loss to the San Antonio Spurs at the AT&T Center:

-- It was the Heat and the humidity.

-- The broken air conditioning impacted the game when LeBron James had to ask out early in the third period, and again early in the fourth.

-- Um, shouldn't there be a backup plan for such eventualities?

-- Adam Silver can get $2 billion for one of his franchises but no backup AC?

-- Not a night to remember for Mario Chalmers, and for more than his foul issues.

-- But Danny Green seemed to pick up where he left off with his homecourt play in last season's Finals.

-- It didn't matter the Spurs' defensive approach, zone or otherwise. LeBron was in attack mode from the outset.

-- When he wasn't retreating to the bench to deal with cramping.

-- Chris Bosh stepped into his shots with the confidence that has been growing this postseason.

-- More spring in his step from Dwyane Wade.

-- But perhaps a bit too much confidence in the jumper.

-- The uber conditioning meant plenty for Ray Allen on this night.

-- He even dunked.

-- Allen's third 3-pointer put him in sole possession of second place on the all-time NBA Finals lsit.

-- Udonis Haslem was the odd man out.

-- Michael Beasley was inactive.

-- Yet the need for Greg Oden likely won't be there in this series, with both teams playing small.

-- Spurs coach Popovich called over referee Kenny Mauer in the first period to complain about Heat moving screens.

-- Manu Ginobili's bad 2013 Finals? Just a memory. He opened 3 of 3 on 3-pointers in the first quarter.

-- LeBron reached 1,000 career postseason assists midway through the first quarter.

-- Bosh was 0 for 6 on 3-pointers during last year's Finals. This time he made his first attempt. He entered 2 of 12 on 3-pointers in the Finals over his career.

-- Rashard Lewis played 12 minutes in last year's Finals. This time he started.

-- Spoelstra pregame declined to compare the Finals these past two years, "We talked about it from the first day of training camp, that it wouldn't benefit us to try to compare too much to the previous year. Let's get on to the new journey, the new challenge and this one already feels a little bit different than last year."

-- Of the Heat's four-year Finals run, LeBron said pregame, "Can't focus on the past. Got a great opportunity right now."

-- Spoelstra, pregame on Parker's balky left ankle, "We anticipated he would play."

-- Lewis was back in the Heat's starting lineup. "He's had a big impact the last two series," Spoelstra said. "Look, our team is built on sacrifice. A lot of guys have had to sacrifice in their games to do different things for us to be successful. Veteran players have had to sacrifice minutes. We talk about all the time that this team and this opportunity isn't for everybody. Rashard signed up for it two years ago knowing that it wouldn't be quite the role that he's had before, but it could still be a significant role and you could have great playoff moments. So he's kept himself ready, he's an absolute pro, the last two series he's produced for us, and we'll see what happens this series."

-- Popovich, pregame, on the way his team kept their fouls down in last season's Finals against the Heat, "Not fouling is what we try to do every season. We're usually first or second, I believe, in that category of fewest fouls. It's just our philosophy. Might be wrong, might be right, other people have a different philosophy, but for us it works."

-- Popovich, on whether the series planning changed for a healthier Wade in these Finals, "We game-planned for Dwyane Wade last year, also. He's Dwyane Wade, whether he's totally healthy or not. He finds a way to suck it up and get it done if he's not in great health. We saw that in Game 6 and 7 last year."

-- Yes, the Spurs already had their 2014 Western Conference championship banner in place.

-- Austin Mahone's manager said his entire management team is from South Florida and he would be Heat fan in this series if not for being from San Antonio.